Valedictorian speeches

[Meredith Rice]

At my high school, our valedictorian is not the student with the best GPA, but rather she is picked by the administration and some teachers based on a speech she submits. I know a few schools who opperate the same way as we do in terms of valedictorian and I think it is a good system. So I am about to write a speech. With this opportunity to be judged based soley on what I have to say to my classmates I wanted to get some input as to what YOU would want to hear on your graduation day. I would hate to bore people with cliche sayings. So what do you think are some important words of wisdom or anything at all you would like said by a valedictorian? Thanks for your input!!